1 H appy is the man who does not walk in the way sinful men tell him to, or stand in the path of sinners, or sit with those who laugh at the truth.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:

2 B ut he finds joy in the Law of the Lord and thinks about His Law day and night.

But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.

3 T his man is like a tree planted by rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time and its leaf never dries up. Whatever he does will work out well for him.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also doth not wither; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

4 S inful men are not like this. They are like straw blown away by the wind.

The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

5 S o the sinful will not stand. They will be told they are guilty and have to suffer for it. Sinners will not stand with those who are right with God.

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 F or the Lord knows the way of those who are right with Him. But the way of the sinful will be lost from God forever.

For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.